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NATHAN S. CLEMENT, 0F NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No. -82,601, dated September 29, 1868.

IMPROVED FRUIT-BASKET.

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TO 'ALL IVHOM IT MAY CONCERNE K Be it known that I, NATHAN S. CLEMENT', of New Britain, in the county of Hartford, and State of Connetzticu-'have invented a new Improvement in Fruit-Baskets; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear,

and exact description of the same, andwhich said drawings constitute part of this specification, and repre- Figure 1, a perspective view of the' basket, complete; and, in

Figure 2, a diagram, illustrating the manner-of construction.

ThisY inventionrelates to an improvement .in baskets or boxes for packing fruit for transportation, the object being to produce a box'which may'be closed upon all sides; and the invention A:consists in forming the whole from veneers or laminar, of wood, laid across each other at right angles, thus formi-ng a double bottom, and one of the pieces turned upto form the two 'opposite sides, and over, so as to meet across the top, and there secured together; the other part or piece, so as to form the other two sides, and turned again' across the top, so as to be there secured, one of the sides being left so as tol open as a cover.l i

To enable others to construct my improvement, I will fully describe the same, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings. i

` A is the one piece or lamina, ofwood, B the other, cut to the proper size, and, withperforations, a, of any desirable forni, for ventilation, are laid across veach other, as in g. f?, and are secured together at d, by a-rivetor otherwise. Then the two engls of the piece A are turned up, bending at the angle f, so as to form the sides,

as denoted in fig. 1. Then, at the Atop of the box, at the line h, the two ends are turned down, and secured together in any convenient manner. 'lhen the ends of the part B are irl-,like manner turned up,iand,`at the line z', turned across the top, one of the ends of the piece B being secured upon the tcp to the ends of the part A, whilethe other end of the part is left free, so as to open the box, as denoted in red, f|g. 1. At the same time, a convenient means of securing. the loose end of the part B (when the box is closed) is necessary, and this I prefer to. do by forming a tongue, C, on the end, and a. loop upon the top of the box, into which Ato tuck the tongue, as seen in iig. 1. Other means of securing that end-may b'e-employed.

I prefer to make this box Haring, as in iig. 1, so as toleave an opening at the angle.

I do not wish to beunderstood as claiming the constructionof a fruit-basket from two veneers or laminas of wood, laid across each other, soras to form a double bottom, and so that each of the pieces form corresponding sides of the box, as such, I am aware, is not new.

I amawaie of the patent of J. W. Hayes, August l2, 1856,-and the reissue ofthe same, and I do not wish to beunderstoodas claiming any part of Vthe invention of the said Hayes; but y What I do claim as new and useful, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Extending the'two parts 'which form the double bottom and sides, so as to be turned over, and forma top for the box, and so that one of the parts is detachable, the whole constructed and arranged for opening, substantially' in the manner herein set forth.

NATHAN S. CLEMENT.

Witnesses:

C. E. MITCHELL, V. B; CiIAMBEnLAIN. 

